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TORAN v. PEYTON

153 S.E.2d 213 (1967)

207 Va. 923

Eugene C. TORAN v. C. C. PEYTON, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

March 6, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip S. Walker, Newport News, for plaintiff in error.

Reno S. Harp, III, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Robert Y. Button, Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, SNEAD, I'ANSON, CARRICO and GORDON, JJ.

GORDON, Justice.

Toran was convicted of armed robbery by the Corporation Court of the City of Newport News on June 17, 1963 and sentenced to a term of twenty years. He now appeals from an order entered by that court on February 25, 1965 denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, which challenged the validity of the 1963 conviction.

Toran was a juvenile when the crime was committed. After a hearing, the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court of the City...

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